An Unexpected Message From Someone

"I don't think we should attack them," an unknown man muttered as he looked over at his friend, who was standing beside him.

'Hmm… Since they're more than us, then your suggestion is acceptable." The other man responded.

They both glanced over to the side and saw 3 people going into the lake. "Let's wait for a moment until one of them left. We can attack that person anytime if that happened." The first men grinned.

"I like that. I looked at the player walking behind's ranking and saw that his name was 'Hairy Man'. Don't worry, he's 1k below us. We can defeat them easily." The second man grinned from ear to ear.

The second man was so full of himself, without knowing that Carter was just really hiding his rank. With Carter's luck and 2 times boost, the man jumped in rankings and was now at 9000, almost 9000 difference from his last ranking.

"Let's look around for more players that have a lower rank than us. We might level up to 10 this day if luck comes into our way kill. I bet those three wouldn't leave until later." The first man suggested.

With the agreement, the two men set out, leaving Carter and his friends alone in the lake.

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"This bath definitely relaxed me," Dandrik smiled widely as he dived into the water.

Joseph agreed. He was leaning on the side while the water continuously ran through his body. The water was lukewarm, a perfect temperature to relax their muscles from a restless week.

Carter sat on top of the stones. He let his feet down on the water. "The stinking smell of the wolves is gone now." He uttered that made others agree.

They were bathing in the lake for 30 minutes already. He thought that the smell wouldn't get away, but thankfully, with the help of a magic thing called soap, they managed to eliminate it.

It was fortunate that Joseph has a soap. He didn't know where the man managed to buy that. Although he already had an idea that it was from one of the shops that they encountered so far.

Carter looked at his inventory and saw his clothes carefully hiding there Since they're inside a game, then that means they have free pairs of clothes in their inventory.

Well, it was just simple pants paired with a T-shirt. He should remember to buy some good clothes once they walked away from this area. It's been already a week and his clothes still haven't changed.

"I'll change my clothes now. Let's leave already before others saw us here." Carter stood up and went into a small wooden house to put on his clothes.

He placed his wet clothes on the inventory since they would automatically dry out after hours. Carter looked at the necklace hanging around his neck and fixed them.

"This thing wouldn't rust, right? Well, it shouldn't since it's from the game." Shrugging his shoulder, Carter quickly dried his hair up before walking out.

Dandrik followed on, changing clothes after Carter. And the last one was Joseph, who looked like he doesn't want to leave the lake at any minute.

"Joseph, we should leave now." Carter frowned at the man when Joseph was acting like a stubborn child.

Sighing, Joseph had no choice but to follow since both Dandrik and Carter were telling him to change clothes already.

'It's not like there will be people waiting for us if we stay longer here,' the man thought when he finally arrived at the small house.

The small house was so small that it could only fit a person. It perfectly fits its role in being a changing room.

"I'm done!" Joseph yelled as he opened the door wide.

Carter stood up and nodded his head. "Let's go now."

The three men set out without bumping into the other players. Maybe it was because the lake was hidden and could only be accessed if the players will really go deep into the area.

It was just small and almost invisible on the map. The only reason why Joseph found it was because he was surveying the map earlier, looking for possible places to rest.

"What should we do now?" Joseph questioned them when they arrived at the opening of the mountains.

Dandrik looked around and shrugged his shoulder. "Let's find monsters? Or we can look for a place to stay for a while."

"We can do that," Joseph solemnly answered.

Carter followed their steps when they started to walk. He opened up his screen and looked at how many players were left in the game.

'81, 987? That's still quite a lot,' He murmured to himself. "I wonder why the players didn't start killing each other at the start. The game would quickly end if that happens," he pondered.

He just didn't get it. That was a question that keeps repeating in his mind every time he remembered it.

*Ding!

Carter quickly glanced over when he received a message.

[Demoness5: Hi, Carter! This is Angela]

Carter wondered who was Demoness5 at first, but thankfully the woman introduced herself. He was curious why the woman suddenly messaged him.

[Hairy Man: Hi, Angela.]

Carter replied.

Seconds after, another message popped out on his screen.

[Demoness5: I just wonder when will we meet up?]

'Meet up? I didn't recall asking her out.' Carter's forehead creased. He was about to type something when another message came from the woman's name.

[Demoness5: It's for uhm… the Group Dungeon! Yap, group dungeon. Hehe]

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Author's Note = Do you think the people in the first part will have an important role in the future?